Jiji, the black cat in the movie, he is my favorite character ever?.(From my nickname you can already tell =P ) I like him not because he is cute?.even though that is true. If you pay attention to every conversation he has with Kiki, then you will find out how funny and smart he is. He is a very important character in the movie. I believe if Kiki didn't have Jiji to be with her on her journey, she would be very lonely. I am kind of being upset about after Kiki lost her magic, then Jiji never speaks again. I guess it is the way it supposed to be. There is a real connection between Kiki and Jiji, so they don't need any words to communicate or understand each other any more.

The underlying story revolves around 13-year-old witch Kiki's efforts to become self-supporting in the big city. She decides to operate a delivery service, using her broomstick. She faces many obstacles, including economics and people's attitudes. But her biggest obstacle and challenge turns out to be herself. Lacking sufficient self-discipline, self-confidence, and inner strength, she falls into a state of spitefulness and depression; she even loses her powers and breaks her broom. With the help of her new friend Ursula the artist, Kiki finds to courage to start again.

Kiki's tale is not a complicated one, but a familiar one, as eventually we all have to find our own special talents, our own place in the world. Kiki is a spunky child, easily likable, and her long-suffering talking cat, Jiji, is adorable. Similar to the children's book on which it was based, the movie is a series of episodic stories, in fact, Miyazaki felt he had to add conflict to the tale, to make the movie interesting! With each adventure Kiki learns about life, but these lessons are never preachy.

Both the original Japanese version and the American dub are quite good, even if there are differences, for example Jiji, is radically different in English, but still funny and not entirely inappropriate for the character.